New Zealand is about 5 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 426% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (151,407 fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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